The Brand New Heavies - Dream Come True (original vers 1990)

What this video is

Released on 13 August 1990 as the second single from The Brand New Heavies' self-titled debut album on Acid Jazz Records, 'Dream Come True' represents a foundational artifact of the UK acid jazz movement — a genre and label ecosystem that fused 1970s jazz-funk, rare groove, soul, and London warehouse-party energy into a commercially viable live-band format. The original version features vocalist Jaye Ella Ruth, who…

Why it matters

This video documents the original, pre-international iteration of one of acid jazz's defining singles. The 1990 version with Jaye Ella Ruth predates the internationally successful 1992 reissue with N'Dea Davenport, making it a rare primary source for the genre's grassroots UK formation phase. It…

The director

Tony van den Ende is a prolific British music video director and filmmaker active from the early 1980s onward. His work spans over 92 directorial credits across multiple decades. He directed iconic videos including A Flock of Seagulls' 'I Ran' (1982) and…